The Hymnal ‎#408

408. Far from my heavenly home

Far from my heavenly home,
Far from my Father's breast,
Fainting I cry, blest Spirit, come,
And speed me to my rest.

My spirit homeward turns,
And fain would thither flee;
My heart, O Sion, droops and yearns,
When I remember thee.

To thee, to thee I press,
A dark and toilsome road;
When shall I pass the wilderness,
And reach the saints' abode?

God of my life, be near:
On thee my hopes I cast:
O guide me through the desert here,
And bring me home at last!

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Far from my heavenly home
• Author: Henry F. Lyte (1834)
• Meter: S.M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1916
• Topic: Visitation; Sunday Schools: General Use

Tune Information

• Name: LYTE
• Composer: John B. Wilkes (1861)
• Meter: S.M.
• Key: a minor